By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-02 17:07:11 | Updated at 2025-01-07 10:15:28
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There Is One Reason Why the Las Vegas Explosion Outside Trump Hotel Didn't Become a Mass Casualty Event
Townhall ^ | 01/02/2024 | Leah Barkoukis
Posted on 01/02/2025 8:47:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The U.S. rang in the new year to a tragic act of terrorism that killed at least 15 people and injured more than 30 others in New Orleans. In Las Vegas, investigators are still trying to determine if the man who killed himself by intentionally setting off explosives in a Cybertruck parked outside Trump Hotel was also an act of terrorism, and whether the two events are related in any way. One thing is certain, however, the Cybertruck driver, who has now been identified, chose the wrong vehicle.
As Tesla founder Elon Musk shared on X, though seven were injured in the attack, the Cybertruck actually prevented more harm from being done.
"The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack," he said. "Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards.
"Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken," he added.
Law Enforcement Officials are claiming that because the Suspect used a Tesla Cybertruck in their Attack earlier today against the Trump Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, which has 1.4mm Body Panels and 1.8mm Door Panels, the Explosion only caused Minimal Damage; with even the Windows of the Hotel Lobby, only Feet from the Truck, not having been Shattered. Officials state that most of the Blast was contained within the Vehicle, with the remainder having went up through the Roof instead of out from the Sides.
pic.twitter.com/3aBWrA8hfC— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 2, 2025
A bomb went off in the Cybertruck's bed and the tires didn't pop/deflate, the exterior of the truck is intact, the bed door is still attached & the 1.4mm-1.8mm steel exterior (2x thicker vs normal trucks) helped contain the blast.
It's the toughest & most badass truck ever made!
NEWS: Law enforcement officials have released images of the exploded Cybertruck and the leftover fireworks and gas tanks. The truck itself helped contain the blast and held up extremely well.
Authorities believe the items in the bed were connected to a detonation system…
https://t.co/LATz90Ra3F pic.twitter.com/ylncuKblUJ— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) January 2, 2025
The Las Vegas Sheriff just said that the Cybertruck actually held it’s frame and limited the damage of the explosion, directing the blast upwards.
He tried to send a message by using a Tesla, but it ended up saving lives instead.
💪 @elonmusk— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) January 2, 2025
NEW FOOTAGE: “The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred inside of the valet, because it had most of the blast go up, through the truck and out… The glass doors at the Trump hotel were not even broken.” pic.twitter.com/XtztqmZAYr— America (@america) January 2, 2025
The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards.
Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken. https://t.co/9vj1JdcRZV— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025
Musk also called out the media for the way the incident is being framed:
You don’t hate the legacy media enough
BREAKING: Media headlines are misleading audiences, suggesting the Cybertruck caught fire or exploded due to a malfunction.
The truth is that explosives were placed in the back and intentionally detonated, likely as part of a terrorist act. Don’t fall for the misinformation.
https://t.co/wVq5JbmY5g— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: cybetruck; explosion; lasvegas; tesla
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1 posted on 01/02/2025 8:47:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
2 posted on 01/02/2025 8:51:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SeekAndFind
Because the diver did not make a good explosive device.
3 posted on 01/02/2025 8:52:00 AM PST by riverrunner
To: riverrunner
I suspect the driver did not intend to kill himself. I believe he intended to leave and detonate it remotely but somehow set it off by accident much like many of the Isis bombers have done in the past.
4 posted on 01/02/2025 8:55:27 AM PST by yukong
To: SeekAndFind
so, put an ICE in it and I might be interested...
5 posted on 01/02/2025 8:55:29 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: SeekAndFind
Great. Let’s keep telling the terrorists how to do their job better.
6 posted on 01/02/2025 8:59:49 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
To: yukong
So as In said it was not a very good explosive device.
7 posted on 01/02/2025 9:01:32 AM PST by riverrunner
To: SeekAndFind
A different vehicle wouldn’t have worked to make the Trump-Musk connection the guy was trying for.
8 posted on 01/02/2025 9:03:36 AM PST by ryderann
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